Philly Cares Day

October 22 -- On Saturday October 22, the Read Chapter was invited to participate in "Philly Cares Day." We traveled to Blaine Elementary School in Northwest Philadelphia, and along with students and faculty participated in several projects. Some of these projects included: painting, cleaning, and organizing science classrooms, organizing closets and working in the student-managed garden.

The members who worked in the garden, cleaned out the shed and organized the tools, they also trimmed plants and weeded the greenhouse. The garden was a three-time award-winner in the horticulture society's Philadelphia gardens competition, and the Read Chapter wanted to help the students win another year. The chapter was fortunate enough to meet many local students who were working toward their service hours, which are necessary in the Philadelphia school system to rise to the next year of school and other volunteers, including several members of PAD from Rutgers Camden.

Phi Alpha Delta takes service to the community seriously and we believe that it is important to give back whenever we are given the opportunity.